
Today's Point/Counterpoint comes via local alt-rockers Soviet and Ft. Worth Star-Telegram entertainment writer Preston Jones via their Twitter accounts, in which the two parties debate the new Jay-Z/Kanye collab Watch the Throne as well as the problem with mainstream rap. @prestonjones : My review of the superb "Watch the Throne": dfw.com/2011/08/08/491… @SovietMusic : @prestonjones interesting review. I completely disagree. I feel that it's reviews like this that only further the idea that they are artists @SovietMusic: I would suggest that the lens which [...]
Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's... Continue reading "Point/Counterpoint: Is Lil Wayne's Newfound Sobriety a Good or Bad Thing?" >
Yup, an article called "Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate" does in fact exist. And it's pretty good! (What Jay-Z/Game feud, you ask? Listen to this, and then this, and then ha... Continue reading "Perhaps You'd Enjoy An International Relations Perspective on the Jay-Z/Game Feud" >
Or, as Papercuts likes to put it, "Is Dave Eggers the busiest man in literature?" Eggers is indeed ubiquitous right now, and is approaching some slightly more exaggerated level of ubiquitous as we app... Continue reading "Does David Eggers Have One Good Thing Going Right Now?" >
Why don't you like me?So, Nickelback play the Sommet Center tonight at 7 p.m. Also tonight, starting at 7:30 p.m., there will apparently be a Nickelback Sucks Candlelight Vigil outside our local arena... Continue reading "Nickelback Sucks! Or Do They?" >
Have you spent some time with Skeletal Lamping yet? It is a pan-sexual, sound collage, romp that with its feet firmly planted in the present, manages to sound inherently retro while looking towards the future. It's an interesting listen to say the least, not to mention complicated and polarizing. I'm of the opinion [...]